DEVELOPMENT OF STAINLESS STEEL AND HIGH-ALLOY POWDERS

摘要

Advanced melting technology is now being employed in the manufacture of stainless steel powders. The new process currently includes electric arc furnace (EAF) technology in concert with Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD), High Performance Atomizing (HPA) and hydrogen annealing. The new high performance processing route has allowed Hoeganaes Corporation to provide not only a more consistent product, but has allowed enhanced properties, such as improved green strength and green density. This paper will review the potential to use this processing route to provide products with improved properties and performance.